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unusual facts about lever-action


Duke Nukem: Zero Hour

The Wild West has revolvers and lever-action rifles and features cowboy Pig Cops, and the Victorian Era has fictional, science-fiction weaponry such as the Voltaic Projector, and zombies.


12th Parliament of Singapore

Charles Chong of the People's Action Party, MP of Joo Chiat SMC was designated as Acting Speaker of the Parliament on December 14, 2012, by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Aden Young

In 2011 Young mimed Australian female indie supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper's hit song "Even Though I'm A Woman" in the music video directed by Natalie Van Dungen, and featured in the Jason Statham/Robert De Niro action film Killer Elite as American techno geek Meyer.

Angel Witch

In 2009 their eponymous song "Angel Witch" was featured on the soundtrack of the action-adventure videogame, Brütal Legend.

Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley

His action triggered bloody reprisals by communists and anarchists in Munich in which a number of people were killed, including Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis.

Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough

Later he rose to the rank of Captain in the service of the Welsh Guards and saw action in the Second World War.

Asterix: Mega Madness

Asterix: Mega Madness (known as Asterix: Maximum Gaudium in Germany) is an action adventure video game released on 30 May 2001 for the PlayStation and PC.

August von Werder

Promoted general of infantry, and assigned to command the new XIVth Army Corps, Werder defeated the French at Dijon and at Nuits, and, when Charles Denis Bourbaki's army moved forward to relieve Belfort, turned upon him and fought the desperate action of Battle of Villersexel, which enabled him to cover the Germans besieging Belfort.

Augustus Leopold Kuper

In 1864 Kuper was in command of the International fleet at the Shimonoseki Expedition, Japan, the action fought to reopen the Inland Sea and the Straits of Shimonoseki.

Awareness ribbon

The purpose of Christian Action on AIDS, an official Church of England charity whose founder/chairman was Barnaby Miln, was to get the worldwide Christian churches involved in the crisis that was AIDS.

Burnt Norton

Peter Ackroyd believes that it is impossible to paraphrase the content of the poem; the poem is too abstract to describe the events and the action that make up the poem's narrative structure.

Channel 23

DWAC-TV, the flagship television station of ABS-CBN Sports+Action channel 23 in Metro Manila, Philippines

Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

On 29 December 1808, he was taken prisoner in the action of Benavente by the British cavalry under Henry Paget (later Lord Uxbridge, and subsequently Marquess of Anglesey).

Christopher Egan

Egan is set to star in Dominion, the upcoming Syfy supernatural action drama pilot based on characters from the 2010 feature Legion that starred Paul Bettany.

Cosmix

However, a wave of or-suffixed action/horror Hollywood blockbusters and B-movies spread in France in the 1980s including Exterminator, Terminator, and Predator.

CSS Teaser

She received the thanks of the Congress of the Confederate States for this action.

Desert greening

Another novel technique is cloud seeding, either by artificial means or through the action of cloud-seeding bacteria that live on vegetation (e.g. Pseudomonas syringae).

Dewoitine D.500

In 1938, 18 Chinese D.510s saw action against the Japanese, including the defense of Chengdu and the Chinese wartime capital Chongqing.

Door handle

For this reason, door handles in most American commercial and industrial buildings and in many households use a lever-operated handle, rather than a knob, as the lever does not require a tight grip.

Future Cop

Future Cops, a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film loosely based on the Street Fighter video game franchise.

Gerry Brownlee

Brownlee's comments were debated in Finnish media with Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja stating that Finland would not take any action as the comments were clearly a device for internal politics rather than an attack on Finland.

History of Federal Open Market Committee actions

Although this action was marginally successful in reducing the spread between long-term maturities and short-term maturities, Vincent Reinhart and others have suggested it did not continue for a sufficient period of time to be effective.

Hunt to Kill

The film reunited actors Steve Austin, Gary Daniels, and Eric Roberts, who all played villains in the 2010 action film The Expendables.

Jonti Richter

With the advice of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association and FIFPro there was no action taken against any party due to court and legal costs as well as lack of enough evidence to gain a positive result for the players.

Joseph Pramberger

The action, manufactured with Renner parts, rivaled even the best German brands in that respect.

Karate Kommandos

The series follows the framing device of Mr. T's animated series (also a Ruby-Spears production): At the beginning of each episode, a live action segment with Norris, usually at a gym or martial arts studio, is shown to explain what is going on.

Longport, New Jersey

Thomas Cruse (1857–1943), United States Army Brigadier General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action in 1882 at the Battle of Big Dry Wash.

Luis del Sol

Signing with the Merengues in January 1960 for 6.5 million pesetas, del Sol netted a career-best 17 goals in his first full season, while not missing one single minute of action in his 29 appearances as his team won the national championship, after starting the season with the Intercontinental Cup triumph against C.A. Peñarol.

Major Bludd

Born in Sydney, Australia, Sebastian Bludd was trained by the Australian Special Air Service, served with that regiment in South East Asia, left to join the French Foreign Legion and saw action in Algeria, all before becoming a mercenary.

National Broadcasting Co. v. United States

As a result of this 1943 decision, NBC was forced to sell one of its networks and it was this action which then led to the creation of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

Puppetoons

Pal also used the Puppetoon name and the general Puppetoon technique for miniature puppet characters in some of his live-action feature films, including The Great Rupert (1949), Tom Thumb (1958), and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1963).

PVZ

Plants vs. Zombies, a tower defense action video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games

Question P

The effort to gather signatures to put Question P on the ballot, in the first place, was spearheaded by a grassroots political action coalition that included Community and Labor United for Baltimore (CLUB), the Baltimore Green Party, the Baltimore office of ACORN and state delegates Curt Anderson and Jill P. Carter.

Regional climate change initiatives in the United States

On February 16, 2005, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched an initiative to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through leadership and action by at least 141 American cities, and as of October, 2006, 319 mayors representing over 51.4 million Americans had accepted the challenge.

Ricky Bruch

As well as achieving his sporting career and his turbulent personal life, Bruch also acted in light-entertainment films, debuting in the Italian action comedy film Anche gli angeli tirano di destro and appearing in a minor role in the film version of Ronia the Robber's Daughter.

Robert Menli Lyon

In June 1833, a meeting was called at Guildford in response to continued calls for punitive action against the Aborigines.

Roger Spottiswoode

In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Sitaxentan

Sitaxentan is a small molecule that blocks the action of endothelin (ET) on the endothelin-A (ETA) receptor selectively (by a factor of 6000 compared to the ETB).

Social disorganization theory

Larry Gaines and Roger Miller state in their book, Criminal Justice in Action, that "...crime is largely a product of unfavorable conditions in certain communities."

Society for Education Action and Research in Community Health

Society for Education Action and Research in Community health (SEARCH), is an non-governmental organization in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India, which works in the field of rural health services and research.

Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales

Burroughs' recording of "The Junky's Christmas" was used as the soundtrack for a stop-motion animation short film of the same title released in 1993, directed by Nick Donkin and Melodie McDaniel, which also incorporated live-action footage of Burroughs.

St. Louis Arsenal

This action had been ordered over a week before by Secretary of War Simon Cameron, but blocked by General Harney's refusal to execute his orders.

Steve Gilliard

Earlier in his career, Gilliard was threatened with legal action by representatives of Rosie O'Donnell when he "wrote something about Rosie leering at Peta Wilson, the tall, very blonde, very bosomy star of the La Femme Nikita series." He responded that if sued, he would post the responses to his discovery on Usenet.

Teddy Bridgewater

As a sophomore in 2012 he started 11 of 12 regular season games, his only non-starting action coming off the bench while injured against Rutgers to lead his team to a win, a Big East title and a berth to the BCS.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

The popularity of the comic has made it much in demand for adaptation into other media, the first to be approved by Tardi being a projected trilogy of live-action feature films adapted and directed by Luc Besson, the first of which, also titled The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec was released in France on 14 April 2010 and latterly in numerous other markets, including the United Kingdom.

The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak

The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, original title Gwendoline, is a 1984 French action/sexploitation film directed by Just Jaeckin, written by Jaeckin and John Willie and starring Tawny Kitaen and Brent Huff.

To Pay the Price

To Pay the Price is a 2009 play by Peter-Adrian Cohen based in part on the letters of Israeli hero Yonatan Netanyahu, who was killed in action during Operation Entebbe at Entebbe airport, by Ugandan soldiers, when the Israeli military rescued hostages after an aircraft hijacking by Palestinian terrorists.

TV Action Jazz!

TV Action Jazz! is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his All Stars featuring their interpretations of theme music from private eye, legal and police drama television programs recorded in 1959 for the RCA Camden label.

Vikram Prabhu

Subsequently, he signed on to appear in M. Saravanan's action thriller film Ivan Veramathiri and portrayed the role of a student amongst an ensemble cast also featuring Vamsi Krishna and Ganesh Venkatraman.

Welcome to the Discworld

The film featured Christopher Lee as the voice of Death, as did the following animated TV series and the 2008 Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic live-action TV miniseries.

XIV International AIDS Conference, 2002

The International AIDS Society selected this theme to emphasize the need for the general community and public and private sector organizations, scientists, and social workers to commit to use the knowledge gained through science and experience take action.


see also

Cookson repeater

The Cookson flintlock rifle, a lever-action breech-loading repeater, is one of many similar designs to make an appearance on the world stage beginning in the 17th century.

Cowboy Action Shooting

:*Wild Bunch – based on popular Western film "The Wild Bunch"; shooters use Colt 1911 pistol instead of revolvers, use lever action rifles, and use Winchester Model 1897 shotgun instead of double-barreled shotgun.

Winchester Model 1887/1901

The Winchester Model 1887 and Winchester Model 1901 were lever-action shotguns originally designed by famed American gun designer John Browning and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Designer John Browning suggested that a pump-action would be much more appropriate for a repeating shotgun, but Winchester management's position was that, at the time, the company was known as a "lever-action firearm company", and felt that their new shotgun must also be a lever-action for reasons of brand recognition.